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‘Birth of a Nation’ launches voter registration initiative

'Birth of a Nation' launches voter registration initiative | iNFOnews.ca
Nate Parker, the director, screenwriter and star of "The Birth of a Nation," poses at the premiere of the film at the Cinerama Dome on Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2016, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

NEW YORK – Fox Searchlight will hold voter registration enrolment in theatre lobbies ahead of screenings of the Nat Turner slave rebellion drama “The Birth of a Nation.”

Though the film has been overshadowed by a 17-year-old rape case involving Nate Parker, the film’s director and star, Fox Searchlight is trying to shift the attention surrounding “The Birth of a Nation.” The specialty film distributor said Monday the voter initiative will roll out nationwide during promotional screenings on Sept. 27, National Voter Registration Day, as well as on opening weekend, Oct. 7-9.

Fox Searchlight said some 20 theatre chains and independent theatres are participating.

The film dramatizes the events leading up to the Turner-led revolt in 1831 Virginia that was defeated, killing some 60 slaves.

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